liner FOURNEL

Compagnie Générale Transatlantique, 1880 - 1916

History

Ship of similar size to the trio LE CHATELIER (1879), FLACHAT (1880) and ALEXANDRE BIXIO (1880). Brought into service in October 1880 on the line of Colon, at the departure of Marseille. In 1883, is transferred on the line of Mexico. From 1889, is used on various transatlantic lines and in the Mediterranean, according to the needs. In 1890 and 1903, receives new boilers. In 1903, one of her masts is removed. June 25, 1916, during a travel between the Port-Saint-Louis-du-Rhône and Algiers, is captured off Minorque, by the German submarine U35 and is sunk by gunfire (or torpedoed, according to the sources).